Penalties and injuries weaken Wests

Penalties, injuries and knock ons were the theme of the game, with the referees blowing their whistle for 8 penalties after just 22 minutes.

Everytime Wests looked attacking, they could not complete their attempts at scoring, losing the ball and not kicking the ball into touch for penalties.

The first of Wests' injury concerns occured late in the first half as Chris Lawrence came off with a hamstring injury. But Wests' finally converted an opportunity near their goal line and scored through Matt Utai. This made the half time score 14-4.

The second half began with end to end football and Wests managed to cross the line but were denied because of double movement.

At the 60th minute, Tim Moltzen went down in back play and replays showed that he stepped wrong on his left leg and immediately fell to the ground in discomfort. He was noticeably devastated as he had suffered the same injury because. He managed to walk off the field but it was later reported he had done his ACL on the same leg as last time.

Wests got back in the game with a try to Shaun Spence at the 64th minute and were only 4 points behind Brisbane.

Blake Ayshford went down injured in the 73rd minute and was assisted from the field with a lower left leg injury which seems to be a broken leg or ankle.

Brisbane scored a late try through Justin Hodges to make the final score 20-10.

8 min:Brisbane almost achieve a 40/20 but Tedesco bats it back in field and recovers the ball just in time.

9 min:PENALTY WESTS - Thaiday is penalised for being in the play the ball area.

9 min:PENALTY BRISBANE - Wests quickly lose the ball and are now penalised for offside.

11 min:TRY BRISBANE BRONCOS Scored by Matt Gillett. Conversion attempt by Scott Prince unsuccessful.Gillett after some great passing opens up a big hole in Wests' left side defence. Prince misses his second kick from as many attempts.Brisbane Broncos 8-0

13 min:PENALTY BRISBANE - Wests slowing down the play.

14 min:Parker runs it on the last tackle but he is held up 2m from the line.

15 min:PENALTY WESTS - Thaiday has his hand on the ball.

16 min:Moltzen kicks the ball high in the air and after some pat backs of the ball, Tedesco is pulled up 2m from the line.

22 min:UNFORCED ERROR WESTS TIGERSTim Moltzen makes an unforced error.Moltzen loses control of the ball at the play the ball.

24 min:Frantic last tackle play by Brisbane forces Reed to kick the ball and then trap Tedesco in goal.

25 min:PENALTY BRISBANE - Wests are penalised for pushing the Brisbane player playing the ball. They tap and go, 10m out.

25 min:TRY BRISBANE BRONCOS Scored by Matt Gillett. Conversion attempt by Corey Parker successful.After some twists and turns, Hodges offloads to Gillett who scores his second of the night. Corey Parker takes over the kicking duties and slots it through.Brisbane Broncos 14-0

29 min:PENALTY WESTS - Brisbane held on too long and Wests are within attacking territory.

30 min:And it's short lived. Wests are digging their own hole as they hand the ball back to Brisbane.

73 min:Blake Ayshford is getting helped off the field with a right knee injury. Not looking good for Wests at all.

75 min:TRY BRISBANE BRONCOS Scored by Justin Hodges. Conversion attempt by Scott Prince successful.Hodges dummies from the play the ball and slides over the goal line. Prince takes over kicking again and slots it through.Brisbane Broncos 20-10